George Herbert
George Herbert (1593–1633) was an English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest whose "The Temple" (1633) is one of the greatest collections of devotional poetry in Engl…
"Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became"
"Sorry I am, my God, sorry I am, That my offences course it in a ring. My thoughts are working like a busy flame, Until their cockatrice they hatch and"
"My God, where is that ancient heat towards thee, Wherewith whole showls of Martyrs once did burn, Besides their other flames? Doth Poetry Wear Venus l"
"I made a posie, while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. But time did becken to the flowers, and they"
"Since, Lord, to thee A narrow way and little gate Is all the passage, on my infancy Thou didst lay hold, and antedate My faith in me. O let me still"